Klarinet Archive - Posting 000358.txt from 1998/06

From: Dee Hays <deerich@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Why Intermediate Horns?
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 20:33:26 -0400

Mark Charette wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Fay (LCA) <kevinfay@-----.com>
> To: 'Kathy Sue' <rcopsey@-----.org'
> <klarinet@-----.org>
> Date: Tuesday, June 09, 1998 7:32 PM
> Subject: RE: RE: [kl] Why Intermediate Horns?
>
> >An accounting of the actual manufacturing costs would show a difference of
> a
> >few dollars, at most. Even if the difference was as high as a hundred
> >bucks--and it certainly isn't--that would not explain how the price of a
> >Concerto is three times that of a Noblet 45. No way.
>
> High quality hand work costs an employer in the Detroit area somewhere
> around $60.00/hr, and I'll guess more in France due to their tax structure.
> An extra 16 hours of hand work will add, therefore, close to $1000.00 to
> the price of a clarinet if it were to be manufactured close to where I live.
> I'm _hoping_ that some of the difference in price is due to hand finishing
> (hand undercutting, intonation work, bore finishing, playability testing,
> etc..)
> ----
> Mark Charette, Webmaster, http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet
> charette@-----.org

To add to this, there is also the possibility that the pro level horns may be
subjected to a more demanding final inspection. If that is the case, there will
possibly be a higher percentage of "scrap". The typical scrap rate must be
accommodated in the selling price of the remaining good parts. I do not know if
there are higher standards to pass at final inspection but I would hope that
there are.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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